Majid Kavian

Majid Kavian (; 1982 – 3 September 2011), also known as Simko Sarheldan, was the deputy commander of the militant Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) until his death on 3 September 2011, at the age of 29. As the number two in command he was the chief commander of all PJAK's armed activities as the PJAK's number one leader, Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi lives in exile, in Germany.

Majid Kavian was born in the town of Baneh in the Kurdistan Province of Iran where he rose to position of Deputy Commander due to his experience, fighting in Turkey.

September 3rd 2011, during the second stage of Iranian Revolutionary Guards attack against Kandil mountains Majid Kawian, known as Comrade Samkou, deputy commander general of the forces of eastern Kurdistan in the Kurdistan Free Life Party, was killed along with Comrade Ruzhat Butan after being hit by a mortar in heavy Iranian shelling in Kutaman region